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For the first time, scientists can cure advanced melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer using the patient’s own blood. The U.S. researchers extracted immune cells in the blood of the patient, cloned in the laboratory and reintroduced to the individual. According to scientists at Cancer Research Center Fred Hutchinson in Seattle, two years after treatment of 52 patients remained free of disease.

The research, published in The New England Journal of Medicine (Journal of Medicine New England) has been described as an extraordinary development. The patient’s immune system plays a significant role in the fight against cancer. And for a long time research has focused on ways to improve this response to attack tumors. The patient had been diagnosed at stage 4 melanoma, in which death occurs in a few months. The tumor, caused by sunburn, started as a mole on the skin and spread to a lymph node in the groin and into the lungs.

If a mole is cancerous, there is a 14 percent likelihood of head or neck of a woman and 23 percent chance for men. The possibility that the moon is in the trunk are 13 percent of women and 35 percent for men. The possibility that occurs in the arm is 17 percent for both sexes. The probability of occurrence in the leg is 56 per cent of women and 25 per cent for men.

Moles are generally flat, so if a mole is raised or irritated, this is cause for concern. The irritation can result from friction against clothing or shaving.

Although rare, melanoma can appear in the eye. If growth is in the eye, a person will see a black dot in the iris. If growth is internal, you may experience blurred vision. The diagnosis is more likely to take place during a routine eye exam.

New moles is unlikely that a problem in people younger than 40 years. If the spots are growing hair or are getting lighter, then there is cause for concern. Moles appear in the first 20 years of a person’s life when they are small and brown, and grow until the age of 50 when fade or fall off. Pregnant women have a greater tendency to develop moles.

A person should check your moles for the bathroom, including hidden areas, such as between fingers and toes, groin and back of the knee. If you remember the location of moles, new moles can be identified.

Modern research has brought real progress in the treatment of skin cancer. People survive longer and now have better quality of life. Knowledge of moles and skin cancer is increasing and new forms are constantly to prevent, detect and treat skin cancer.